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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1887-02-02

saio Mr. Middleworth. "I confess it
puzzled mo little at Grst.''
lie started to return to New York
the next day; still he did not diyulpe
his personality.
a month subsequently, when Mark
came to the city in response to ioyfu,
letter from Madeline, he was con
Quoted into the library. where an elder.
ly gentleman sat.
"1Ierc Is papa, Mark" said Made
line.
"How do you do MIR. Middleworth?n
said the amazed son-in-law elect.
"Mlddleworth Vassar, IL you please y
said tho old gentleman, with /. ciluckie.
"Aha! My little girl hero, who
thinks she knows everything, doesn't
know that l went up to Purple Peak
farm to satisfy myself that she had
fallen in love with good and true
man, And did satisfy myself"
but you asked no questions, SIR"
said Mark, still more amazed. sYou
requested no references
NO." said Mr.. Vassar. "But 'OIu
Uncle joe settled the question"
And then lie explained it all.
II always liked Old Uncle Joe,n
said Mark, pressing Madeline's hand.
"But now begin to believe he is my
good genius"
Aud SO 1t was the master Of Purple
Peak farm won the Now York heiress.
Madeline has money enough" said
her father. And her husband has a
heart Of gold. knew that when
heard the story Of Old Unclo Joe.n
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1887-02-02
Negro shinlossnoss At Beaufort.

a few years ago the writer had occa-
sion to pass the. summer i'll Beaufort.
All around could be seen houses which
gave evidence Of tho rcllicmcnt Of for
mer days. Their former owners. how
ever, were gono, and in their place Afri-
CIV had established itself. Weeds. over
ran tho flower yards, windows and
doors were either broken or unhinged,
the walls were blackened, lumber par
titions were torn away for firewood, and
ruin eXlstsd. In every room could DO
found whole family Of negroes. The
visitor would bo at Il loss to know upon
what these people subsisted. They
worked bu5 little, and nothing was in
store. An evening OH tho beach OK
planned the problem. Atabout 5 O'Clock
tho black mass began to assemble.
From houses, from among tho forest
inland, along the roads--in fact, from
the whole landward view negroes Of
all sorts and sizes could bo seen ilocklng
to tho watcr's edge, where thoy gathered
up tho shollfisll, &C., such rs were in
season. This scene, day III and day out,
could be witnessed, the only change be-
ing from one kind Of fish to another.
or from tho waters edge to tho woods
or fields, according as fish or berries or
other products Of nature were most casi-
ly obtained. The absolute reliance upon
nature and failure to work for q living
was the first indication Of q relapse III
to barbarism. Recent events show that
but little improvements had been made.
They huddlo together, and are nevor
moro united thon when shielding some
criminal from arrest.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1887-02-02
Great SOURCES or'Woalth.

The silver mines ofN1exlco extend from
tho Sierra Madre in Sonora, near the
northern border, to tho gold deposits in
Oaxnca, in the extreme south. "A con-
tinuous vein trayerscs no less than sovcn-
teon states anI since. the day Of its dis
,coyery has yielded moro than 81 900,
100000. Yet these great sodrces Of
wealth arc estimated to DO not moro
than ono per cont Of tho ..ndoyeloped
and undiscovered whole.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1887-02-02
"oUR UNCLE JOE"

81 am not rich man, Mrs. Ken
nlngton," said Mark Plinlimmon; and
I don't pretend to be. I'm only a back.
country farmer. and my profession
that Of law-bTings me but q slender
income out there. But have a noble
farm, and a view Of the White Noun
tains that no artist can paint. And 1
love your niece, and she has given me
reasons to hope that in time can win
her affection; and If you will give her
to mo will do my best to make her
happy"
''Dear me,'' said Mrs. Remington;
"all This is very sudden"
Mrs. Remington, who was the sister
Of rich New Yorker, had an abiding
idea that her niece Madeline ought to
marry rich man.
"She's very llandsome,'' mentally
reasoned Mrs. Remington, "and she
Is accomplished; and she made quite a
sensation in society this winter when
she was introduced; and If such girl
as this isn't to marry we'll, then I don't
know who is. And tho idea Of this
farmer fellow coming here to put in his
pretensions, when there are so many
eligible young men in society,""
Yes" said Mark, quietly. 81 sup
.poso it seems sudden to you. All these
tlIings do seem sudden at the last"
"I'm sure don't know what Mr..
Vassar, her pa. will say" said Mrs.
Remington, putting her head feebly on
one side.
Suppose we ask him." said valiant
Mark.
"Oh, you can't" n;ittoreji Mrs. Ken
ningtoD. "Ife ISN'T at home. He is in
Colorado.'
''Thcn we will write"
But don't know his exact post
Office address since he left Denver,
said Mrs. bennington.
In that case,'' said Mark, s'we
must wait"
''H cs," said Mrs. Remington, unde-
cidedly-''yes, think you had better
wait"
SO Mark Pllnlimmon went back to
IurDle Peak farm with q lock Of rod
gold hail close TO his heart, and Made
line Vassar returned s'into society',
with a plain gold band on her first
finger Of her LETT band, and a dewey
tenderness in her hazel-eyes which had
never glittered there before.
When Mr.. Vassar returned Madeline
told him her heart secret at once. for
the bond OF affection between this
father and daughter had always been
very tender and close.
$50 you love him, dear?n said Rufus
Vassar.
"Oh. yes, papal"
Enough to give UP all the nipperies
of fashion for his sake2"
"Yes, papaI' uttered the girl with
emphasis.
And become farmers wife in the
Whito Mountains?"
'Oh, yes,' cried Madeline, earnest.
ly- Papa, may write to him to
Gomez"
mot just yet, child" said Mr.. Vas
sal. we got little more business
to transact up In Albany before I can
cor slider myself fairly settled at home.
But at the end OF couple weeks or
So
'Papa. you are a darllng,n cried
MaGeliue.
"Stop, stop, Miss Preclpitancyl,
cried Mr.. Vassar, ~ have not promlae1
anything yet, either ono way or tho
other"
"But you're gong to, papa-I know
you're going tol" cried Madeline. dane.
ing joyfully about.
"Wo'll see," cried Mr.. Vassar.
The great wood fires blazed up the
chlmneys Of Purple Peak farm, casting
a red reflection through the twilight on
tho mountain road outside, when
stout, elderly man walked up to the
door, and knocked resolutely on its
panels.
''Can you keep mo here all night.
Young manp" he said. ''Mr. Rift. 9s
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1887-02-02
ST. STEPHENS SPIIaE.
How Il Tai Tower was Repaired.

The tower Of the ancient church Of
st. Stephens, Vienna, which is suppos-
cd to have been founded in 1l44, was
greatly injured by All earthquake in
1919, and 1t was necessary to restore it.
In course Of time 1t deyiated out Of the
perpendicular TO a considerable extent,
An iron bar was carried through it as an
axis for the support of tile spire, which,
having a considerable tendency to vi
brate, might be considered as an ele-
ment Of destruction rather than Of
strength. Consequently, the thin wall
OF the lower portion Of the spiro was
reduced almost to ruin and at length
was III such a dangerous condition as
tolrequire rebuilding. Tie removal ot
the old. spire was commenced IN Au7
gust, 1889, and in the following spring
all the condemned parts had been re-
moved. The mode Of construction
adopted in the restoration was novel
and ingenious, tho slight masonry or
the spire being supported by means of q
framing OF vertical iron ribs, fastened
at their lower extremities to a cast iron
plate or base and united to each other
at intervals by horizontal rings Of rolled
iron. These rings are made to project
from the inner surface, so as to admit
Of II person ascending with the aid Of
ladders, to the top Of the spire. All
The wrought and rolled iron employed
III the construction Of this iron skel-
eton, the weight Of which was only 1873
hundred weight, was manufactured in
the government works at Neuberg, in
Styrla. The cast iron plates or rings
were furnished from tho government
IRON works at MarieZell. In the autumn
Of 1912, when the whole Of the masonry
OF the spire had been completed, the
upper portion consisting entirely Of iron
work, was fixed. This also was attach
ed to a strong cast iron circular plate,
similar In construction to that below.
This portion Of the framing, with the
other iron work employed In the spire,
weighed about eighty hundred weight,
so that the entire weight OF iron was
between two and three hundred weight.
The new portion OF the splre was con-
nected to the old by means Of an ar
rangement Of iron anchor fastenings.
The portion oe the spire restored, viz.
(from the gallery Of the tower to the
top Of tho cross\, is about 1872 feet high,
the cost having been about 10000
gulden ($65, ,000), Of which sum $1,000
gnlden were expended in taking down
the old spire and in construction OF the
necessary scaffOlding.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1887-02-02
More Spectacle Wearcrs Than Ever

The increase in the number Of por-
sons using glasses Is fully 33t per cont,
over previous periods. speak says St.
Louis dealer to reporter, from al ex-
perionce Of over thirty years. l attri-
butte this increase partly to tho prac-
tiso people have OF buying spoctacles
from dealers who are unskllod in it
ting them properly to the eyes Of those
who buy them, and partly to the false
economy employed by many in using
soectacles whose only recommendation
is their cheapness. IIcre in st. Louis
fifteen years ago thore woro only three
men engaged In the business Of making
and selling optical instruments, and
these barely made q living out OF it.
Now there aro fifteen in that limo, and
ten OF them have all they can do.
--se n, s~------------
A grocer advertised in the following
terse manner, "HamS and cigars, smok.
ed and unsmoked."
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1887-02-02

If the way to heaven be narrow, 1,
is not long; and If the gate be straight
1t opens Into endless lifo. tig
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-07-08
Rome Viewed from a uousetop.

The pleasantest thing in Rome, the
thing which no creature, however great
his power, has been able to touch, is the
sunshine. To live ON a Roman housetop,
as do, is in itself q great happiness. 1t
is a long climb, but who minds that,
once up? The roof is a terrace where
plants and ivy grow, and leaning over
the outer wall you can watch the busy
life far in the street below, or wait while
the day dies behind the Nous Janiculus
The ragged pines that crown the hill
stand back against the sky, and one
knows that below is the old convent
where Tasso died. The statue of st.
Paul, on top of the pillar of Marcus
Aurelius, is silhouetted very clear; and
nearer the black tower of st. Andrea del
Fate, where in the evening hundreds of
birds come to rest. The pigeons do not
stop there; instead they wheel and circle,
shining like silver, then settle down about
the fountain of Trevi-nestle close about
the water gods grouped there. 1t Is
pleasant, too, to stand upon the bridges
and watch the passing crowd-to listen
to the ripple of the water and know the
voice is that of Father Tber; to take
sun bath ON the Pincio, with Rome lying
at your feet; to pause and watch the
orange sellers and match sellers, and
models, and beggars on the Spanish
steps; to journey to the Campo dc Fivel;
to the fair ON Wednesday morning, where
all the old odds and ends of the continent
seem collected for sale. So much there
IL m 500 i'm POmet 81 nuCh 10 do Cor
Louisville Courier-J Journal.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-07-08
Do Birds Fly Down?

see, in back number of st. Nicholas,
that one of your young correspondents
appeals partly to me in regard to birds
flying down. But ell who have written
seem so well posted that doubt if can
add anything to their knowledge.
However, 1 have seen California quail,
a wood dove and humming bird flying
downward; but in slow flyers, with
large wings and heavy bodies, the wings
are used more or less as parachutes in
going down: in other words, the birds
spread their wings and rely upon gravity.
This / have noticed in the sand hill
cranes In their migratiOns along the
Sierra Madrcs. \ flock Of say 100 VIII
mount upward in a beautiful spiral,
flashing IN the sunlight, al the while
uttering loud, discordant notes. until
they attain an altitude Of nearly a mile
above the sea level Then they form IN
regular lines. and soar away az an angle
that in five miles or 50 win bring them
within 1000 feet Of the earth. Then
they VIII stop and begin the spiral up
ward movement again until high eleva-
n0n b reached. when away they go
again, sliding down hill in the air, to-
Warl their winter home. IL is very evil
dent that q vast amount Of muscular
exerti0n is saved in this way. In some
Of these slides that l have watched
through a glass. birds would pass from
three % four miles, l should judge, with
out tapping the wings.-St. Nicholas.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-07-08
Kitchen Dignity.

An exceedingly ludicrous and also exas-
perating incident of the complaint about
household service is the statement that the
maids are not treated with sufficient dignity
One Of the loudeSt complaints we have heard
is that q well bred person, who, deciding to
take service, was driven from it through hui
initiation occasioned by the master of the
house standing up before her, without a
word, to be helped with his greatcoat, taking
the help for granted, as if she were an au-
tonlaton.
Yet in such case the maid fails to real
ize that the more she is treated like an au-
tomaton by the gentlemen of the house, the
better it is for her. She does not, or she
should not, desire to be either lady--using
the word technically, and with no reflection
on her good manners-or an individual with
them, and the prouder and more high spirited
she is, the more readily she should perceive
this With the women of the household it is
a very different matter, and it would be
household so far out OF the common sort as to
have escaped our notice where the female
members did not put their serving women on
friendly footing, take personal interest in
their affairs, help them through their diff
culties and respect their Individuality
Harper's Bazar
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-07-08
Cookery for Children.

Too little attention is paid to the food pre-
pared for children; the care and arrangement
is left to servants who are either incompetent
themselves or care so little about the matter
as TO cook it in the manner they find the east
est to themselves 1t is of great consequence
TO fix the times of taking food as well as to
regulate the quantity given to child. The
mother should, unless she has servants who
can be thoroughly trusted, personally attend
TO these arrangements; it is her province.
There is great danger that an infant under
years of age will be overfed if it be left to
the discretion Of the nurse. These persons,
generally, 10 stop the screaming OF child,
whether it proceed from pain or crossnesS, or
repletion as it often does, give it something
to eat-often that which is very injurious, to
tempt the appetite; il it viii only eat and stop
crying they do not care for tho future incon-
venience which this habit OF indulgence may
bring on the child and its mother.
Arrange as early Us possible the regular
times Of giving food TO children, according TO
their age and constitution. Young infants
require food every two hours when awake;
after months old they my 90 three hours,
then cautiously lengthen the time, as the
child can bear it. But remember that all
temperamentS are not alike. Some of the
same age may require more food than Others
One rule, however, will apply to all-never
give food TO amuse a child or keep it quiet
when it is not hungry, or TO reward it for
being good. You may as nationally hope 70
extinguish fire by pouring on oil as to cure
a peevish temper or to curb violent one by
panpering the appetite for luxuries in diet
Chicago News.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-07-08
Tho Richest American Actress.

IOtta owns in her own name and with
out membranes the Park theatre in
Boston and the International hotel prop
srty in front of that place Of amusement
For this she paid $3.50, 600 in cool cash in
addition to $25, 900 that she paid to Henry
z. Abbey for the movable property it
contained, such as scenery, furniture,
carpets, etc., opera chairs and gas
fixtures The theatre is said to be the
best stocked in this country. There are
over twelve complete sets Of stage furni-
ture, one costing $500, another $3.50, and
so on.
In addition to the scenery In the theatre
nver forty complete sets were found stored
In an outside warehouse. All the prop
critics. were estimated to be worth not
less than $50, 900, so that prudential Miss
Lotta and her ma, with the wary flnan-
cial eye, were not driving a bad bargain.
In addition to this Lotta has 800, 900 in
vested in different manufactures and
dwelling houses in New York and Har-
lem. She has one house and lot covering
nearly square and originally costing
$4,000 She has q house and property
on Staten Island, and in Akron, Chicago,
Kansas City and San Francisco. Add TO
all this the $400, 900 worth Of jewelry and
you'll see that the sum Of $1,000, 900 does
not fully represent her possessions. .-Bos-
ton Letter.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-07-08
A Dangerous Practice.

The practice of allowing children to go out
at night to find their own companions and
their own places Of amusement may leave one
in twenty unscathed and without danger; but
I think that nineteen out of twenty fall down
wounded or destroyed. And if there is one
thing that should be more imperative than
another it is that your children shall be at
home at night; or that, if they are abroad,
you shall be abroad with them. There may
be things that it is best that you should do
for your children though you would not do
them for yourselves; but they ought not to
go anywhere at night, to see sights, or to
take pleasure, unless you can go with them,
until they are grown to mans estate and
their habits are formed. And nothing is
more certain than that to grant the child lib
erty to go outside Of the parental roof and its
restraints in the darkness of night is bad, and
only bad, and that continualy.-Henry
Ward Beecher in New York World.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-07-08
Justice yyaite's Cory "Den."

Preceded by my host left the parlor,
and at his invitation went up to 1.-The
den,n as he calls it. He, a man OF 70,
ran up the long flight of stairs as nimbly
as boy of IL, and as we assembled he ex-
planned that this was his workshop. The
den is over the dining room, and Is an
Ideal piece of work. Well lighted and
ventilated, tastefully carpeted and pa
pered, it is O charming apartment. A
bright fire glows and sparkles in the
CRATE, a rich, warm rug Is In front OF 1t,
and the large table Is drawn up close so as
to get the full benefit of the heat. The
desk is piled with legal looking papers;
from out of the half open drawers peep
others of the same character, and on
little cleared space stands half emptied
coffee cup.
AS for books, there are hundreds OF
them, all arranged in precise rows in the
bookcases and covered in conventional
sheepskin. They are all law books; you
see no novels or poems, no newspapers
scattered around. In every available spot
on the walls where the bookcases do not
interfere are hung engravings Of Judge
Waite's predecessors, large photographs
of Webster, Clay, Grant, Hayes and other
distinguished men. From the top OF a
huge bookcase a great stuffed owl-that
emblem of pompous wisdom-looks wisely
down, as if sitting in judgment on the
chief justice and his visitors. 1t is in this
coy room that Justice Waite does most
of his work.-Cor Philadelphia Call.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-07-08
The Mormon and His Wives.

Among the more well to do Mormons in
most cases each wife has house for her
self and children and the common hus-
band passes q week at a time in each
establishment. Social etiquette demands
that a man shall take with him into the
world and its festivities the wife with
whom he is living at the time at which an
entertainment is given. The invitation Is
therefore addressed to him, and it is un-
derstood that only the wife whose roof is
at the time sheltering him shall accom-
pany him. The same rule applies to any
theatrical performance or amusement.
We were driving with one lady, who,
desiring to speak to her husband on sou.e
important business, went to the house OF
another wife, where he was for the time
living, and, finding that he was at break
fast with her, left us in the drawing room
and, stepping into the breakfast room,
transacted her affair, and in five minutes
rejoined us with perfectly placid face.
This lady assured us that between herself
and the seven other wives perfect love and
concord reigned. eff you saw us together
you would see how fond they are OF me-"
She said. But though she introduced us
to many of her friends and some of her
husbands daughters by other wives, she
did not give us an opportunity of witness
ing proofs of an affection which seems to
women of the Gentiles so impossible and
unnatural.-Cor. Boston Transcript.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-07-08
boarding n nfan-of-War.

Owe continue to have n great many
conventionalities in our naval and army
s7rvice, and TO cling TO much Of that
which is old and useless in teachings and
practices" said an old navy officer u
other day. "We continue to instrIc.
our naval cadets and marines in boarding
ships" continued be, ''when there Is not
the least particle OF sense or utility in IT.
II is as senseless to talk about boarding
q modern man-of-war as il is 10 take n
trip TO the moon. / remember that dur
ing one of the last engagements in Euro
pean waters q mas-of-war belonging TO
some country ran alongside British YES
sci, and all hands were ordered 10 board
he-. The crew got out on the Britisher.
but after pounding around with cut
lasses, axes, etc., were wholly unable 10
enter the ship, and had to go back and
continue the fight at long range. We
will have to do our fighting with ships by
means of dynamite rams, steel projec-
tiles and the big guns. We have no use
for the barbarous side arms and other
relics of antiquity. New York Sun.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-07-08
Tho Englishman and His Bath.

The Englishman's 5 conception of a bath
is 70 have a gallon of ice cold water COW
ering the bottom of 4 huge circular pan,
six feet or 50 in circumference and abort
eight inches high. He stands or squats
in this after he gets out of bed in the
moiOing and splashes and rubs himself
with prodigious putting and blowing.
This is a rite as sacred to him as are his
ablutions to a Mussulman. All other
kinds of washing he regards with haugh-
ty contempt. Wherever he goes he de-
mands his cold water and his round fat
tub, and if they are not forthcoming he
sees ut once that it viii be impossible for
him to respect these people or refrain
from abusing them when he gets home.
Here in London it is as much as your so
cial life is worth to confess that you
don't splash yourself with ice water
every morning.-London Cor. New York
Times.